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| Chapters | 50 |
|---|---|
| Category | NCTVET/AMCA |
| Author | Christopher Bennett |
Course Timeline:
Children need appropriate nutrition to grow, learn, play and remain healthy. An Early Childhood Institution, or ECI, must therefore do more than provide food. It needs an organised programme that connects children’s nutritional needs with menu planning, foodservice arrangements, family information and institutional procedures.
In this lesson, you will learn how to plan a nutritional development programme. You will examine the information needed before planning begins, the components of the programme and the importance of making provision for individual children.
This lesson concentrates on the planning process. Detailed cultural and religious requirements, nutrition-related illnesses, referrals and foodservice quality assurance will be covered in later lessons.